Acute Kidney Injury After Adult Cardiac SurgeryNCT07738796
Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model for Cardiac Surgery-associated Acute Kidney Injury Based on the Gut-Kidney Axis, Incorporating Gut Microbiota and Their Metabolites
An observational study of Acute Kidney Injury After Adult Cardiac Surgery and Gastrointestinal Microbiome, run by Peking Union Medical College Hospital at 1 site in China.
Trial summary
This is a single-center prospective observational cohort study enrolling adult patients scheduled for cardiac surgery. Multi-timepoint clinical indicators, stool samples for gut microbiota and metabolomics profiling and artery blood will be collected before and after surgery. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 80 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Acute Kidney Injury After Adult Cardiac Surgery, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Metabolome
- How many people
- 182 participants
- Where
- 1 siteChina
- Study dates
- 1 Aug 2026to 1 Aug 2027
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 80 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: This single-center prospective observational cohort will consecutively enroll adult patients aged ≥18 years who receive elective cardiac surgery at Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Eligible subjects include patients undergoing valve surgery, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), or combined cardiac procedures.All enrolled participants will complete standardized perioperative data collection and serial stool sample and blood collection at preoperative baseline, postoperative day 1 and postoperative day 7. Subjects will be followed up until postoperative day 7 to identify CSA-AKI events based on KDIGO 2012 criteria.
Who may be able to join
- Aged 18 years or older;
- Scheduled for elective cardiac surgery;
- Surgery performed under cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB);
- Able to complete preoperative stool and blood sample collection independently;
- The patient and their family members voluntarily participate in this study, agree to the collection of preoperative stool samples, blood samples and clinical data, cooperate with follow-up visits, and sign the informed consent form.-
Who cannot join
- （1) Patients with end-stage renal disease or dependence on renal replacement therapy before surgery; (2) Patients with a preoperative estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 30 ml/min/1.73m² or severe chronic kidney disease (CKD stage 4-5); (3) Patients with a history of renal transplantation or unilateral nephrectomy; (4) Patients who received antibiotic treatment within 4 weeks before surgery; (5) Patients who took probiotic or prebiotic preparations within 4 weeks before surgery; (6) Patients with a previous history of intestinal surgery, such as colectomy and small bowel resection; (7) Patients with active inflammatory bowel disease, chronic diarrhea or constipation requiring pharmacological intervention; (8) Patients with preoperative intestinal obstruction, gastrointestinal bleeding, or those requiring fasting for more than 24 hours; (9) Patients undergoing emergency surgery (time from admission to surgery < 24 hours), or those unable to complete preoperative informed consent, dietary investigation and baseline sample collection; (10) Patients who received mechanical bowel preparation (e.g., enema) within 24 hours before surgery; (11) Patients with preoperative active infection or sepsis; (12) Patients treated with preoperative glucocorticoids or immunosuppressants (excluding routine doses); (13) Patients who died intraoperatively or within 24 hours postoperatively, or those who could not complete the evaluation of the primary outcome (postoperative 7-day acute kidney injury [AKI]); (14) Female patients who are pregnant, lactating or in menstruation; (15) Patients complicated with gastrointestinal malignant tumors or receiving systemic chemotherapy, targeted therapy or abdominal radiotherapy; (16) Patients with severe liver disease (Child-Pugh grade B or above).
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
China1 site
Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100730
Chunhua Yu, MD, +86 13811585975, yu.chunhua@aliyun.com
About this study
This is a single-center prospective observational cohort study enrolling adult patients scheduled for cardiac surgery. Multi-timepoint clinical indicators, stool samples for gut microbiota and metabolomics profiling and artery blood will be collected before and after surgery. We aim to construct and validate a multi-dimensional preoperative predictive model for CSA-AKI based on clinical, microbial and metabolic signatures. Meanwhile, this research will explore the potential mediating role of the gut-kidney axis in the pathogenesis of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury, and provide novel mechanistic evidence for early risk stratification and intervention of CSA-AKI.
Read the detailed description
Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI) is one of the most common severe postoperative complications after cardiac surgery, which significantly increases the risks of prolonged hospitalization, chronic kidney disease and all-cause mortality. Current single-index risk scoring systems cannot fully predict individual CSA-AKI risk, and the underlying pathological mechanism remains incompletely clarified. Emerging evidence reveals that gut dysbiosis and altered intestinal metabolites participate in kidney injury via the gut-kidney axis, while few prospective cohort studies integrate multi-omics data to develop preoperative predictive models for CSA-AKI.
This prospective cohort study will consecutively recruit adult subjects receiving elective cardiac surgery at Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Basic demographic data, laboratory examinations, intraoperative and postoperative clinical parameters will be recorded at multiple perioperative time points. Fresh stool specimens and artery blood will be collected from all participants before surgery, 24 hours and 7 days after cardiac surgery for 16S rRNA gene sequencing and untargeted metabolomics analysis to characterize gut microbial composition and metabolite profiles.
The primary objective is to develop and internally validate a multi-dimensional predictive model combining clinical variables, gut flora biomarkers and metabolic signatures to stratify preoperative CSA-AKI risk of cardiac surgical patients. Secondary objectives include comparing the differences of intestinal microbiota and metabolites between patients with and without subsequent CSA-AKI, screening key microbial strains and differential metabolites related to postoperative renal impairment, and elucidate the molecular pathways of the gut-kidney axis mediating CSA-AKI occurrence.
All participants will receive standardized perioperative management following clinical guidelines. Subjects will be followed up until 7 days after surgery to identify CSA-AKI events defined by standardized serum creatinine criteria. The performance of the established prediction model will be evaluated by area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), calibration curve and decision curve analysis. All specimen testing and statistical analyses will be conducted following standardized omics and clinical research workflows. This study is approved by the institutional ethics committee, and written informed consent will be obtained from all enrolled patients prior to sample and data collection.
- Conditions
- Acute Kidney Injury After Adult Cardiac Surgery, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Metabolome, Risk Assessment
- Keywords
- cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury, gut microbiota, metabolites, gut-kidney axis, preoperative predictive model
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| all patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery | Consecutive adult patients scheduled for cardiac surgery. Multi-timepoint clinical data and stool samples are collected to build preoperative CSA-AKI prediction model, subgroup analysis will be performed according to postoperative AKI outcomes. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Predictive performance of multi-dimensional gut microbiota-metabolite model for postoperative CSA-AKI
The primary outcome is the discriminative ability (AUC) of the combined preoperative gut microbiota and metabolomic signature model to predict cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI). CSA-AKI is diagnosed per KDIGO 2012 criteria: serum creatinine rises ≥0.3 mg/dL within 48h postoperatively or ≥1.5-fold baseline within 7 days after cardiac surgery. The predictive performance of the multi-omics combined model will be quantified by the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC-ROC).
Measured: From preoperative sample collection to postoperative day 7 (CSA-AKI confirmation)
Secondary outcomes (2)
Incidence of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI) within 7 days after cardiac surgery
CSA-AKI is diagnosed in accordance with the KDIGO 2012 AKI standard: serum creatinine increases by ≥0.3 mg/dL within 48 hours postoperatively, or serum creatinine reaches ≥1.5 times the preoperative baseline value within 7 days after cardiac surgery. The incidence rate is calculated as the proportion of patients who meet the CSA-AKI diagnostic criteria among all enrolled subjects.
Measured: 7 days after cardiac surgery
Severity grading of CSA-AKI according to KDIGO 2012 staging criteria
For subjects diagnosed with CSA-AKI within postoperative 7 days, stratify patients into KDIGO Stage 1, Stage 2 and Stage 3 based on the maximum serum creatinine elevation during follow-up, and compare the distribution of AKI severity grades in the cohort.
Measured: 7 days after cardiac surgery
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted31 Jul 2026
- Study start1 Aug 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completion1 Apr 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion1 Aug 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Acute Kidney Injury After Adult Cardiac SurgeryStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Peking Union Medical College HospitalThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 182 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Yu, Principal investigator, Peking Union Medical College Hospital
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07738796
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- K10744
- Status last verified
- Jul 2026
- First submitted
- 28 Jul 2026
- Last updated
- 31 Jul 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: De-identified individual participant data (including perioperative clinical laboratory data, gut microbiota sequencing raw data, stool metabolomics and blood data, and standardized case report forms) will be shared with qualified researchers after the completion of primary study analysis and the publication of core research manuscripts. All personal identifiable information will be permanently removed to protect patient privacy in compliance with Chinese medical research ethics regulations.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 31 Jul 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model for Cardiac Surgery-associated Acute Kidney Injury Based on the Gut-Kidney Axis, Incorporating Gut Microbiota and Their Metabolites
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07738796
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- K10744
- Conditions
- Acute Kidney Injury After Adult Cardiac Surgery, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Metabolome, Risk Assessment
- Keywords
- cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury, gut microbiota, metabolites, gut-kidney axis, preoperative predictive model
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrolment
- 182 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Peking Union Medical College HospitalUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Aug 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 1 Apr 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 1 Aug 2027 (estimated)
- First posted
- 31 Jul 2026 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This is a single-center prospective observational cohort study enrolling adult patients scheduled for cardiac surgery. Multi-timepoint clinical indicators, stool samples for gut microbiota and metabolomics profiling and artery blood will be collected before and after surgery. We aim to construct and validate a multi-dimensional preoperative predictive model for CSA-AKI based on clinical, microbial and metabolic signatures. Meanwhile, this research will explore the potential mediating role of the gut-kidney axis in the pathogenesis of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury, and provide novel mechanistic evidence for early risk stratification and intervention of CSA-AKI.
Detailed description
Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI) is one of the most common severe postoperative complications after cardiac surgery, which significantly increases the risks of prolonged hospitalization, chronic kidney disease and all-cause mortality. Current single-index risk scoring systems cannot fully predict individual CSA-AKI risk, and the underlying pathological mechanism remains incompletely clarified. Emerging evidence reveals that gut dysbiosis and altered intestinal metabolites participate in kidney injury via the gut-kidney axis, while few prospective cohort studies integrate multi-omics data to develop preoperative predictive models for CSA-AKI.
This prospective cohort study will consecutively recruit adult subjects receiving elective cardiac surgery at Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Basic demographic data, laboratory examinations, intraoperative and postoperative clinical parameters will be recorded at multiple perioperative time points. Fresh stool specimens and artery blood will be collected from all participants before surgery, 24 hours and 7 days after cardiac surgery for 16S rRNA gene sequencing and untargeted metabolomics analysis to characterize gut microbial composition and metabolite profiles.
The primary objective is to develop and internally validate a multi-dimensional predictive model combining clinical variables, gut flora biomarkers and metabolic signatures to stratify preoperative CSA-AKI risk of cardiac surgical patients. Secondary objectives include comparing the differences of intestinal microbiota and metabolites between patients with and without subsequent CSA-AKI, screening key microbial strains and differential metabolites related to postoperative renal impairment, and elucidate the molecular pathways of the gut-kidney axis mediating CSA-AKI occurrence.
All participants will receive standardized perioperative management following clinical guidelines. Subjects will be followed up until 7 days after surgery to identify CSA-AKI events defined by standardized serum creatinine criteria. The performance of the established prediction model will be evaluated by area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), calibration curve and decision curve analysis. All specimen testing and statistical analyses will be conducted following standardized omics and clinical research workflows. This study is approved by the institutional ethics committee, and written informed consent will be obtained from all enrolled patients prior to sample and data collection.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| all patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery | – | –Consecutive adult patients scheduled for cardiac surgery. Multi-timepoint clinical data and stool samples are collected to build preoperative CSA-AKI prediction model, subgroup analysis will be performed according to postoperative AKI outcomes. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 80 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- This single-center prospective observational cohort will consecutively enroll adult patients aged ≥18 years who receive elective cardiac surgery at Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Eligible subjects include patients undergoing valve surgery, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), or combined cardiac procedures.All enrolled participants will complete standardized perioperative data collection and serial stool sample and blood collection at preoperative baseline, postoperative day 1 and postoperative day 7. Subjects will be followed up until postoperative day 7 to identify CSA-AKI events based on KDIGO 2012 criteria.
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Aged 18 years or older;
- Scheduled for elective cardiac surgery;
- Surgery performed under cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB);
- Able to complete preoperative stool and blood sample collection independently;
- The patient and their family members voluntarily participate in this study, agree to the collection of preoperative stool samples, blood samples and clinical data, cooperate with follow-up visits, and sign the informed consent form.-
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- （1) Patients with end-stage renal disease or dependence on renal replacement therapy before surgery; (2) Patients with a preoperative estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 30 ml/min/1.73m² or severe chronic kidney disease (CKD stage 4-5); (3) Patients with a history of renal transplantation or unilateral nephrectomy; (4) Patients who received antibiotic treatment within 4 weeks before surgery; (5) Patients who took probiotic or prebiotic preparations within 4 weeks before surgery; (6) Patients with a previous history of intestinal surgery, such as colectomy and small bowel resection; (7) Patients with active inflammatory bowel disease, chronic diarrhea or constipation requiring pharmacological intervention; (8) Patients with preoperative intestinal obstruction, gastrointestinal bleeding, or those requiring fasting for more than 24 hours; (9) Patients undergoing emergency surgery (time from admission to surgery < 24 hours), or those unable to complete preoperative informed consent, dietary investigation and baseline sample collection; (10) Patients who received mechanical bowel preparation (e.g., enema) within 24 hours before surgery; (11) Patients with preoperative active infection or sepsis; (12) Patients treated with preoperative glucocorticoids or immunosuppressants (excluding routine doses); (13) Patients who died intraoperatively or within 24 hours postoperatively, or those who could not complete the evaluation of the primary outcome (postoperative 7-day acute kidney injury [AKI]); (14) Female patients who are pregnant, lactating or in menstruation; (15) Patients complicated with gastrointestinal malignant tumors or receiving systemic chemotherapy, targeted therapy or abdominal radiotherapy; (16) Patients with severe liver disease (Child-Pugh grade B or above).
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Predictive performance of multi-dimensional gut microbiota-metabolite model for postoperative CSA-AKI
Time frame: From preoperative sample collection to postoperative day 7 (CSA-AKI confirmation)
The primary outcome is the discriminative ability (AUC) of the combined preoperative gut microbiota and metabolomic signature model to predict cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI). CSA-AKI is diagnosed per KDIGO 2012 criteria: serum creatinine rises ≥0.3 mg/dL within 48h postoperatively or ≥1.5-fold baseline within 7 days after cardiac surgery. The predictive performance of the multi-omics combined model will be quantified by the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC-ROC).
2 secondary outcomes
Incidence of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI) within 7 days after cardiac surgery
Time frame: 7 days after cardiac surgery
Severity grading of CSA-AKI according to KDIGO 2012 staging criteria
Time frame: 7 days after cardiac surgery
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 31 Jul 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. De-identified individual participant data (including perioperative clinical laboratory data, gut microbiota sequencing raw data, stool metabolomics and blood data, and standardized case report forms) will be shared with qualified researchers after the completion of primary study analysis and the publication of core research manuscripts. All personal identifiable information will be permanently removed to protect patient privacy in compliance with Chinese medical research ethics regulations.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Yu principal investigator
Peking Union Medical College Hospital
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Acute Kidney Injury After Adult Cardiac Surgery and Gastrointestinal Microbiome, run by Peking Union Medical College Hospital at 1 site in China.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 31 Jul 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Chunhua Yu, MD (+86 13811585975, yu.chunhua@aliyun.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Predictive performance of multi-dimensional gut microbiota-metabolite model for postoperative CSA-AKI (time frame: From preoperative sample collection to postoperative day 7 (CSA-AKI confirmation)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 31 Jul 2026.